Essex 1st innings
LG Crawley                               b Clark               43
JA Cutmore            c Liddell          b Thomas               7
J O'Connor            c Bellamy          b Cox                  9
MS Nichols                           c & b Clark               24
TH Wade                                  b Clark                2
*HM Morris            lbw                b Jupp                 6
AB Hipkin                                b Clark                0
GWO Smith             not out                                  39
AG Daer                                  b Thomas               6
+JR Sheffield                            b Thomas               0
TPB Smith                                b Thomas              10
Extras                (b 9, lb 8, nb 2)                        19
Total                 (all out, 70.4 overs)                   165

FoW: 1-16, 2-42, 3-87, 4-101, 5-102,
     6-102, 7-120, 8-139, 9-139, 10-165.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clark                       19      5     40      4
Thomas                      16.4    5     28      4
Matthews                     7      2     16      0
Cox                          5      1      9      1
Jupp                        23      7     53      1

Northamptonshire 1st innings
CN Woolley            c Hipkin           b Nichols              2
AH Bakewell           c Hipkin           b Nichols             42
W Adams               c Sheffield        b Nichols             21
JE Timms              c O'Connor         b Hipkin              43
*VWC Jupp                                b TPB Smith           13
ADG Matthews          st Sheffield       b O'Connor            24
AG Liddell                               b Wade                20
AE Thomas             run out                                   0
AL Cox                not out                                   5
Extras                (b 20, lb 5, nb 2)                       27
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 76.1 overs)        197

DNB: +BW Bellamy, EW Clark.

FoW: 1-8, 2-65, 3-107, 4-128, 5-142, 6-188, 7-189, 8-197.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     16      2     52      3
Daer                         7      4      6      0
O'Connor                    16.1    8     16      1
Hipkin                      20     10     27      1
TPB Smith                    9      1     40      1
Wade                         8      1     29      1

Essex 2nd innings
LG Crawley            c Cox              b Clark                5
JA Cutmore                               b Jupp                34
J O'Connor            c Bakewell         b Clark               53
MS Nichols                               b Clark               15
TH Wade                                  b Clark                9
*HM Morris            c Thomas           b Clark               59
AB Hipkin                                b Clark               49
GWO Smith                                b Cox                 15
AG Daer                                  b Cox                  2
+JR Sheffield         st Bellamy         b Thomas               8
TPB Smith             not out                                   8
Extras                (b 4, lb 6)                              10
Total                 (all out, 106.5 overs)                  267

FoW: 1-9, 2-55, 3-114, 4-114, 5-129,
     6-214, 7-240, 8-253, 9-253, 10-267.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clark                       30      7     72      6
Thomas                      32.5   12     65      1
Matthews                    11      6     15      0
Cox                          7      3     18      2
Jupp                        26      7     87      1

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 236 runs)
CN Woolley            not out                                 102
AH Bakewell           c TPB Smith        b Nichols             21
AG Liddell            c Morris           b Nichols             28
JE Timms              c Nichols          b Hipkin              34
*VWC Jupp                                b Daer                19
ADG Matthews          not out                                   8
Extras                (b 17, lb 3, w 3, nb 1)                  24
Total                 (4 wickets, 64.2 overs)                 236

DNB: W Adams, AE Thomas, AL Cox, +BW Bellamy, EW Clark.

FoW: 1-29, 2-102, 3-182, 4-219.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     13      0     61      2
Daer                         7      1     27      1
O'Connor                    16.2    2     43      0
Hipkin                      24      0     63      1
TPB Smith                    2      0     14      0
Wade                         2      1      4      0